Get real. The fit on that MiG-25 was standard Russian. The media hype is purely that 'hype'. The same as the hype surrounding the so-called French delivered Roland SAMS. All the Roland SAMS found in Iraq by the Coalition had been from batches sold to Iraq in the 1980s. To the media everything was factory fresh straight from France & Germany. I serve in the Coalition. That MiG-25 was a vanilla standard Russian export. No French or German made parts. Don't believe everything that you read in the media!
I stand corrected. Apparently the Newsmax.com article was "hype" as you said.
The exact wording:
"The recovery of the advanced MiG fighter is considered to be an intelligence coup by the U.S. Air Force. The Foxbat may also be equipped with advanced Russian- and French-made electronics that were sold to Iraq during the 1990s in violation of a U.N. ban on arms sales to Baghdad."
http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/8/6/105528.shtml